Antarctica Signs Technology Partnership with Business Objects to Extend User Adoption.VANCOUVER, British Columbia British Columbia, province (2001 pop. 3,907,738), 366,255 sq mi (948,600 sq km), including 6,976 sq mi (18,068 sq km) of water surface, W Canada. Geography -- Antarctica Systems Antarctica Systems Inc. is a business consultancy company. Its mission is to help organizations get more out of their investment in Business intelligence (BI). It was founded in 1999 by Tim Bray. External links
n See Anxiety Sensitivity Index. ), an enterprise provider of guided analytic software, today announced the signing of a technology partnership agreement with Business Objects (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :BOBJ BOBJ Business Objects SA ) (Euronext Paris Euronext Paris is France's securities market, formerly known as the Paris Bourse, which merged with the Amsterdam and Brussels exchanges in September 2000 to form Euronext NV, which is the second largest exchange in Europe behind the London Stock Exchange. ISIS code: FR0004026250 - BOB), the world's leading provider of business intelligence (BI) solutions. Antarctica is now a member of the Business Objects Technology Partner Program and the two organizations will pursue joint technical, sales and marketing activities. Antarctica's Visual Net software offers Business Objects customers a unique user interface that provides for enhanced visual representation of complex data. Visual Net uses relative image sizing and color-coding to more easily spot trends, outliers, and areas of focus that may not be apparent with typical charting and graphing techniques. The solution extends investments made with Business Objects and helps increase their return on that investment by increasing user adoption of BI technology. "Business Objects and Antarctica are both focused on helping companies extend the use of business intelligence to more users within and outside an organization," said Jon Dorrington, Vice President of Alliances at Business Objects. "The integration of BusinessObjects(TM) XI and Antarctica's Visual Net helps extend the value of Antarctica's unique interface, making it fast and easy for our joint customers to get the answers they need to make smarter business decisions." Antarctica complements the performance management and enterprise reporting With the dramatic expansion of information technology, and the desire for increased competitiveness in corporations, there has been an increase in the use of computing power to produce unified reports which join different views of the enterprise in one place. capabilities of Business Objects by allowing a user to launch a Visual Net object from a performance management dashboard, explore and investigate an issue, and then capture results within Crystal Reports(R). With an intuitive, visual interface, users can see both summary and detail information in context as well as visually filter large amounts of information. "Business Objects is the gold standard for Business Intelligence and we are excited to be working with them," says Barry Yates, President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Antarctica Systems. "Partnering with Business Objects to drive increased user adoption will create significant benefits to our joint customers and allow them to realize even higher returns on their Business Objects investments." Visual Net requires minimal user training and, because business users can explore and investigate issues on their own, little or no reliance on Information Technology staff is required. About Business Objects Business Objects is the world's leading business intelligence (BI) software company. With more than 30,000 customers worldwide, including over 80 percent of the Fortune 500, Business Objects helps organizations gain better insight into their business, improve decision making, and optimize enterprise performance. The company's business intelligence platform, BusinessObjects(TM) XI, offers the BI industry's most advanced and complete platform for reporting, query and analysis, performance management, and data integration. BusinessObjects XI includes Crystal Reports(R), the industry standard for enterprise reporting. Business Objects has built the industry's strongest and most diverse partner community, and also offers consulting and education services to help customers effectively deploy their business intelligence projects. Business Objects has dual headquarters in San Jose San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif., and Paris, France. The company's stock is traded on both the Nasdaq (BOBJ) and Euronext Paris (ISIN Isin (ĭs`ĭn), capital of an ancient Semitic kingdom of N Babylonia. The city became important after the third dynasty of Ur fell to the Elamites and the Amorites (c.2025 B.C.). The phase from c.2025–c.1763 B.C. : FR0004026250 - BOB) stock exchanges. More information about Business Objects can be found at www.businessobjects.com. About Antarctica Systems Inc. Antarctica Systems Inc. is an enterprise provider of Visual Reporting software The following is a list of notable reporting software. Commercial software
in full Extensible Markup Language. Markup language developed to be a simplified and more structural version of SGML. It incorporates features of HTML (e.g., hypertext linking), but is designed to overcome some of HTML's limitations. co-creator and Open Text Inc. founder, Tim Bray. Antarctica's mission is to extend the value of an organization's investment in Business Intelligence by providing a highly visual reporting engine. Through a compelling user experience, Antarctica's flagship product Visual Net provides an intuitive, visual console that lets business users see problems, both summary and details, in a very understandable way. Users can explore and investigate these problems to understand root causes of performance, and answer the question 'why'. Visual Net also enables users to comprehend and navigate vast amounts of data, shifting their focus from analysis to insight and action. The company is privately held with headquarters in Vancouver, BC and sales offices across North America. For additional information, please visit www.antarctica.net. Antarctica and Visual Net are trademarks or registered trademarks of Antarctica Systems Inc. in Canada and foreign countries. Business Objects and the Business Objects logo, BusinessObjects, and Crystal Reports are trademarks or registered trademarks of Business Objects S.A. or its affiliated companies Affiliated Companies A situation that occurs when one company owns a minority interest (less than 50%) in another company. Also refers to companies that are related to each other in some way. Notes: An affiliated company is sometimes referred to as a subsidiary. in the United States and/or other countries. All other referenced trademarks belong to their respective owners. |
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